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77 - Who’s Afraid of Mr. Beast?

The Worst of All Possible Worlds

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PewDiePie Makes $14,000 a Day

This is the kind of video that any kid who currently watches Mr. Beast is probably making right now. He's not screaming and swearing and saying the N word or whatever, right? He's just kind of jabbering over video game footage. The more interesting thing is the way that even at this point, you can see his relentless obsession with and fixation on metrics. It's all about like CPM and rev split because he is interested in the mechanics of the business. You know, PewDiePie for him is an aspirational icon, less because she is making in the creation sense and more of what he is making in a money sense.

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